Saturday, October 24, 2009

Saturday Night Short Playlist

AC/DC "Hells Bells"
Def Leppard "Photograph"
The Police "Message in a Bottle"
The Police "King of Pain"
Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"

Monday, September 21, 2009

End of Summer Playlist

AC/DC "Hells Bells" (if it's good enough for the Marines in Fallujah, it's good enough for me)

Boston "More Than a Feeling" (thank you, Scrubs for showing me the brilliance of this tune)

Bob Marley "Redemption Song" (how can one not shed a tear at the lyric "How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look" or feel empowered by "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery")

Counting Crows "Mr. Jones" (I seem to know all the lyrics... "Yeah, we stare at the beautiful women")

U2 "Pride" (a song about the message of one of those prophets Marley alludes to: "Free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride")

Saturday, June 20, 2009

June 20 Playlist

Selections played at MacDougal Street Ale House:

AC/DC "Hells Bells"
David Bowie and Queen "Under Pressure"
Daughtry "It's Not Over"
Disturbed "Down with the Sickness"
The Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
Guns n' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine"
Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"
Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"
Madonna "Frozen"
Bob Marley "No Woman No Cry"
The Police "Message in a Bottle"

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Post-Weekend-Yankees-Suck Playlist

Duran Duran "Wild Boys"

AC/DC "Hells Bells"

Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"

Def Leppard "Die Hard the Hunter"

David Bowie "Space Oddity"

Marc Cohn "Paper Walls"

Bob Marley "Redemption Song"

Boston "More Than a Feeling"

Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer"

The Police "Message in a Bottle"

The Police "King of Pain"

Prince "When Doves Cry"

Marc Cohn Live

I have seen Marc Cohn in concert at:

Town Hall, NYC, 2005

Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Conn., 2006

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC, 2007

Highline Ballroom, NYC, 2007

Capital One Bank Theatre, Westbury, N.Y., 2008

Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, N.Y., 2009

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Ben Harper & Relentless 7

Ben is back... and he's rockin'...

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Bon Amazing

Every time I listen to Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, I discover something new, something hauntingly amazing. IMO, this is one of the most beautiful albums of the decade.

I love this lyric from "Re: Stacks" (obviously the full effect is with the music and the tone of Justin Vernon's voice):

This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization
It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away
Your love will be
Safe with me